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Tesla’s aren’t easy to steal, but thieves in Utah allegedly made off with three $80,000 models by breaking into a dealership and stealing the fobs. After that, however, their master plan fell comically apart. “One guy claimed a family member had died…
Nov 28
YouTube is taking extensive action after word broke that pedophiles were targeting videos of children with vile comments. The streaming service reported that it had taken down over 150,000 videos that had fallen prey to comment abuse, and had disabl…
Nov 28
Earlier this month, researchers at UpGuard reported that US military intelligence gathering data had been stored on a misconfigured Amazon Web Services S3 server that wasn’t password protected and was publicly viewable. While the data in that leak ap…
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Japan’s SoftBank has reportedly been thinking about investing a big chunk of money in Uber. According to a new report, the company is planning to make an offer to purchase Uber shares at a 30 percent discount. Its offer will be based on a valuation of $48 billion which is a 30 percent discount to Uber’s most recent valuation of $68.5 billion.
Uber’s board approved the investment last month. The cash infusion is also going to bring about some corporate governance changes at the company. It would particularly limit the voting powers of some early shareholders, including that of founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick.
SoftBank is leading a consortium of investors including the Dragoneer Investment Group. The consortium intends to acquire a stake of at least 14 percent in Uber. The tender offer is reportedly going to be launched in a couple of days and investors will have almost two months to respond to the offer.
Apparently, the offer price is what some of the investors have been expecting. Uber was valued around this level back in 2015 when its shares were priced almost $40 a pop.
SoftBank and its partners retain the right to walk away from the deal if there aren’t enough interested sellers. It’s also expected to make an additional $1 billion investment in Uber at its $68.5 billion valuation.
SoftBank Offers To Invest In Uber At 30 Percent Discount , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Nov 28
Korean media reports had revealed several weeks ago that Samsung was going to launch a new color option for the Galaxy S8 called Burgundy Red. The company has timed this color’s release with the fall as well as the launch of Apple’s new iPhones in its home country of South Korea. The Burgundy Red Galaxy S8 is now available in South Korea and Samsung has said that it’s going to release the handset in other markets soon as well.
This is the sixth color option that Samsung has introduced for this year’s flagship smartphone. It’s already available in Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, and Maple Gold colors.
Nothing else has been changed so it’s still the same Galaxy S8 that millions of people across the globe know and love. Samsung says that the “luxurious hue” of this new color option accentuates the Galaxy S8’s striking design and that it’s going to appeal to a wide range of tastes.
Samsung confirmed that customers in South Korea will be able to purchase the Burgundy Red Galaxy S8 starting today. It has also confirmed that this color option will be available in “select markets” soon. The company says that availability details for every specific market will be announced by its carrier partners and retail offices for that particular market.
Samsung Will Release Burgundy Red Galaxy S8 In Other Markets Soon , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Nov 28
Airbnb started testing its split payments feature earlier this year. The feature made it easier for group to manage payments for a combined booking. If a group of people are looking to book an Airbnb property, one person has to charge the entire amount to their card and then manually collect the payments from other members of their group. The service offered no way to automate this or make it easier for groups to handle payments for their bookings. That changes today as Airbnb is now rolling out its split payments feature globally.
The split payments feature lets users split a payment for a booking 16 ways beforehand. When the company started testing this feature back in June, it said that the pilot project was being conducted on a small scale.
Airbnb today announced that it has rolled out its split payments feature globally. One of the top requests for new features from Airbnb users last year was group payments and the company has finally delivered on that request.
The company has tested this feature with more than 80,000 groups across the globe in almost 175 countries. More than 44 different currencies have been used as well. No wonder Airbnb is calling itself the first accommodation provider to build and implement a seamless global split payments feature.
Trip organizers can now request to book a listing that qualifies for splitting payments. The reservation is then put in an “awaiting payment” state after the organizer’s portion of the booking is charged and the host’s calendar is blocked. A reservation can be held up for 72 hours which gives plenty to of time to others in the group to pay their portion.
Airbnb Split Payments Feature Rolled Out Globally , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Nov 28
Recent reports about the Galaxy S9 have suggested that Samsung is going to address a customer pain point of the Galaxy S8. The fingerprint sensor placement on the Galaxy S8 bothers quite a lot of people. They would have preferred if Samsung has positioned it in the center of the back and not up alongside the rear camera. Samsung is expected to adjust the positioning for the Galaxy S9 and it may even source its fingerprint sensors for the upcoming flagship from a new supplier.
The reports about Galaxy S9 design changes suggest that the fingerprint sensor of the upcoming flagship smartphone is going to be placed below the rear camera. That’s going to make it a bit easier to reach.
A new report out of South Korea suggests that Samsung has been looking for new suppliers to source the Galaxy S9’s fingerprint sensor from. This might reveal that the Galaxy S9’s fingerprint sensor will be different in terms of shape and size. The company will also want some performance gains as well if it’s thinking about switching suppliers.
Samsung hasn’t confirmed anything about the Galaxy S9 at this point in time. The company is expected to unveil the Galaxy S9 at the Consumer Electronics Show 2018 in January before releasing the handset in March.
Samsung Reportedly Switching Fingerprint Sensor Suppliers For Galaxy S9 , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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